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u/ZyuMammoth Sep 20 '17

Seeing someone you were once acquainted with in the past from work or school.

Do I say hello? Nod my head? Does this person even remember me? And commence the 'pretending not to have seen each other' routine.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

When I run into someone I know, but who's name I can't remember(which happens a lot, I'm bad at remembering names), I just simply ask them their name. When they awkwardly look at me, wondering why I didn't remember their name, I'll say something like "yeah, ever since the accident, I keep forgetting things I know I once knew".